Cost of Living in
Port Harcourt

Cost of living	One person	Family of 4
Total with rent	$602	$2503
Without rent	$288	$643
Rent & Utilities	$423.44	$2111.14
Food	$146	$345
Transport	$81.77	$154.13
Monthly salary after tax	$83.27
Quality of life	29.92
Life expectancy	74.31
Population	2.9M

The cost of living in Port Harcourt is $602, which is 1.66 times less expensive than the average in Nigeria. Port Harcourt ranked 25th most expensive in Nigeria.

The average salary after taxes in Port Harcourt is $83.27, which is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months.

Port Harcourt

We calculate prices for Port Harcourt State as a population-weighted mean of 0 cities. Since large cities tend to have a higher cost of living, it's better to visit specific city pages below for more relevant information.

Cost of living	One person	Rank
Total with rent	$602	25 / 77
Without rent	$288	29 / 77
Rent & Utilities	$423.44	57 / 77
Food	$146	5 / 77
Transport	$81.77	69 / 77

Rent & Utilities
1 bedroom apartment in city Center, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	258.19$
Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	329.99$
3 bedroom apartment in city Center, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	2275$
Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	1614.24$
Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	9.73$
Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	12.94$
Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	7.75$
Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.77$
Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	475$
House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	841$

Eating Out
Lunch Menu	1.77$
Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	10.73$
Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	6.34$
Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	0.72$
Cappuccino	1.74$
Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	0.41$

Transportation
Local transport ticket	0.13$
Monthly ticket local transport	14.72$
Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	8.35$
Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	0.58$

Groceries
Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	0.59$
Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	1.18$
Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	2$
Eggs, x12	1.83$
Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	1.43$
Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	2.01$
Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	5.17$
Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	0.62$
Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	3.19$
Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	1.8$
Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	1.2$
Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	0.54$
Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	0.85$
Water, 1 L or 1 qt	0.37$
Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	0.58$
Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	0.85$
Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	0.77$
Cigarette pack	1.07$
Cold medicince, 1 week	0.81$
Hair Shampoo	0.88$
Toilet paper, 4 rolls	0.48$
Toothpaste, 1 tube	0.45$

Other

Gym Membership, 1 month	31.16$
Cinema Ticket, 1 person	4.76$
Doctor's visit	11.05$
Haircut, simple	1.37$
Brand Jeans	16.13$
Brand Sneakers	62.16$
Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	51.07$
International Primary School, 1 year	1253$

Cost of living in other countries

States ranked from the most expensive to the cheapest ones

Rank	State	Cost of living
1	Owerri	$1729
2	Federal Capital Territory	$1436
3	Abuja	$1365
4	Lagos State	$1238
5	Onitsha	$1083
6	Abeokuta	$1039
7	Ogun	$1023
8	Edo	$999
9	Abia	$945
10	Taraba (Nigeria)	$936
11	Niger (Nigeria)	$896
12	Adamawa (Nigeria)	$877
13	Jos	$871
14	Kebbi	$839
15	Umuahia	$820
16	Minna	$801
17	Imo	$794
18	Oyo State	$784
19	Anambra	$783
20	Aba	$761
21	Warri	$725
22	Osogbo	$721
23	Offa	$720
24	Oyo	$719
25	Yobe	$719
26	Katsina	$714
27	Ondo Province	$711
28	Awka	$692
29	Koko	$691
30	Baure	$687
31	Mushin	$684
32	Maiduguri	$684
33	Itele	$683
34	Gombe (Nigeria)	$672
35	Ekiti	$671
36	Kano	$666
37	Bauchi	$656
38	Kaduna	$655
39	Ife	$654
40	Borno (Nigeria)	$651
41	Delta (Nigeria)	$650
42	Plateau (Nigeria)	$650
43	Jigawa	$631
44	Kwara	$630
45	Osun	$625
46	Benin	$621
47	Ado Ekiti	$617
48	Zaria	$616
49	Bayelsa State	$615
50	Ibadan	$615
51	Damaturu	$611
52	Lagos	$606
53	Port Harcourt	$602
54	Mubi	$599
55	Ondo	$598
56	Akwa Ibom	$581
57	Hong	$573
58	Sokoto	$572
59	Nasarawa	$571
60	Amawom	$566
61	Rivers State	$566
62	Ilorin	$558
63	Ijebu-Ode	$555
64	Owo	$539
65	Akure	$537
66	Ekiti State	$533
67	Zamfara	$522
68	Delta Province	$503
69	Gusau	$503
70	Enugu	$501
71	Inisa	$495
72	Ebonyi	$492
73	Cross River	$490
74	Kumo	$487
75	Benue	$417
76	Calabar	$402
77	Kogi	$401

Cost of Living in Port Harcourt

States ranked from the most expensive to the cheapest ones